Campus News

SPHHP promotes 2017 Step Challenge

By GLENN WALDRON and JACKIE HAUSLER

Registration is now open for the School of Public Health and
Health Professions’ (SPHHP) second annual Step Challenge to
promote healthy activity and encourage individuals to live
healthier lifestyles.

The challenge will take place throughout the entire month of
April as a part of the school’s celebration of the American
Public Health Association’s National Public Health Week.

The 2017 Step Challenge is free and open to the public.
Interested participants may sign up individually
or as part of a team, and will be asked to log their step count
once a week to help track progress toward the collective goal of
taking 200 million steps during the month of April.

Prizes will be awarded throughout the monthlong contest, as well
as at the end of the competition, for steps logged and social media
participation. Prizes include iPad Minis, Fitbits, fitness gear,
gift cards and more. Social media users are encouraged to post
pictures of persons actively contributing to the challenge goal
using the hashtag #UBsteps17.

During the inaugural 2016 challenge, more than 1,100 individuals
logged over 195 million steps during the contest. Steps taken
during the 2016 Step Challenge also counted toward the American
Public Health Association's 1 Billion
Steps Challenge. UB recorded the most steps for a collegiate
community in the APHA challenge.

For more
information about the 2017 Step Challenge and prize details,
visit the challenge's website.

The Step Challenge is just one part of SPHHP's National Public
Health Week celebration, which also will include special guest
speakers, seminars and interactive events. All events are free and
open to the public. While National Public Health Week officially
takes place April 3-9, UB's activities will continue throughout the
month of April.

For more details
about SPHHP's National Public Health Week events, visit the
school's website.